- 人(person; human (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE
The character 人 depicts a person standing with legs spread wide apart for stability.
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人在江湖，身不由己
人在江湖，身不由己
(proverb) you can't always do as you like; one has to compromise in this world
1 meaning
MEANING
MEANING
- 壹形adjective
(proverb) you can't always do as you like; one has to compromise in this world
- ，。
In the world of rivers and lakes, one's body is not one's own.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 氵(water; liquid)RADICAL
- 胡(beard; whiskers)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Water gathers into a vast lake-like expanse, hence the word "hồ" for lake.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 不(no; not; negation)ASSOCIATIVE
A bird flying swiftly upward and never willing to return represents the meaning of swift and unyielding.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 田(rice field; seedling sprouting from field)ASSOCIATIVE
A sprouting seedling stretching up from the field evokes the meaning "from that comes forth, the origin or cause."
人在江湖，身不由己
Traditional人
(proverb) you can't always do as you like; one has to compromise in this world
1 meaning
MEANING
MEANING
- 壹形adjective
(proverb) you can't always do as you like; one has to compromise in this world
- ，。
In the world of rivers and lakes, one's body is not one's own.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 人(person; human (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE
The character 人 depicts a person standing with legs spread wide apart for stability.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 氵(water; liquid)RADICAL
- 胡(beard; whiskers)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Water gathers into a vast lake-like expanse, hence the word "hồ" for lake.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 不(no; not; negation)ASSOCIATIVE
A bird flying swiftly upward and never willing to return represents the meaning of swift and unyielding.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 田(rice field; seedling sprouting from field)ASSOCIATIVE
A sprouting seedling stretching up from the field evokes the meaning "from that comes forth, the origin or cause."
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